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Avoid this hotel - there are plenty to choose from in beautiful Santorini. ||We booked four days in Divine Caves at the end of a ten day trip to Santorini. On arrival we were told there was a 'minor' issue with the Jacuzzi, this turned out to be an issue that came with a high-pitched ringing sound from the jacuzzi that worsened in the early hours of the morning making it impossible to sleep!|||We had been promised an engineer would come but didn't, and to be honest the hotel were very unhelpful and couldn't offer us another room. They did however offer us dinner which was nowhere near equal to the cost of the room per night  (600 euros) and was a joke to be honest as in their words was a ‘suitable alternative’ As they were unable to help us we decided to leave and are still in an ongoing dispute trying to obtain a refund the faulty room. ||The hotel itself? ||Overpromises and under-delivers ! We were sold by the beautiful images of the sunset as seen from the jacuzzi, which of course was lovely (not that we could enjoy it due to the noise). However, faulty hot tub aside, the balconies are overlooked with people hiking past all day and evening so privacy is an issue if you were hoping to enjoy the sunset jacuzzi. ||It is also set in the middle of nowhere, costing 35 euros to get to the nearest town so you have to rely on the ‘hospitality’ of the hotel, which is a strange set up at best description. ||The restaurant is a room with a beautiful view but not set up with any ambience, their system is for you to find a member of staff and order at the pool-side bar, then they take you to the empty room (the restaurant) and set a table for you - no music, no other guests and a strange atmosphere. ||We stayed in other gorgeous spots in Santorini, one in Perissa, one in Kamari and had an amazing experience in smaller, less ‘fancy’ hotels and would recommend that other travellers do the same. ||The staff? ||Rude and unhelpful - a real one star experience of customer service, it went from an over-friendly false welcoming to outright arguing with our complaint, refusing to replenish our coffee pods in the morning (as apparently 2 are enough per room) and now to refusing to refund us for a stay we didn’t end up having.